Site fadL
- Name: fadL
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2344 MG1655 locus tag ttr - Mnemonic: Fatty acid degradation
- Left End Point: 53.01
- Right End Point: 53.04
- Products:
fatty acid transport protein, outer membrane - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes membrane protein NULL transport gene NULL - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
fadL701(T2R) fadL752(del)::kan fadL771::Tn10 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10280 EcoliWiki fadL - Comment:
- References:
- Nunn, W.D., R.W. Simons 1978. Transport of long-chain fatty acids by Escherichia coli: mapping and characterization of mutants in the fadL gene. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 75:3377-3381
- Black, P.N., S.F. Kianian, C.C. DiRusso, W.D. Nunn 1985. Long-chain fatty acid transport in Escherichia coli. Cloning, mapping, and expression of the fadL gene. J.Biol.Chem. 260:1780-1789
- Morona, R., U. Henning 1986. New locus (ttr) in Escherichia coli K-12 affecting sensitivity to bacteriophage T2 and growth on oleate as the sole carbon source. J.Bacteriol. 168:534-540
- Black, PN 1988. The fadL gene product of Escherichia coli is an outer membrane protein required for uptake of long-chain fatty acids and involved in sensitivity to bacteriophage T2. J. Bacteriol. 170(6):2850-4.
- Said, B., C.R. Ghosn, L. Vu, W.D. Nunn 1988. Nucleotide sequencing and expression of the fadL gene involved in long-chain fatty acid transport in Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 2:363-370